Scentless animal trap



May 26, 1925. 1,539,103'

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unirn erg-raras THOMAS H. Aileron, or nuten, New MEXICO@ Appliance inea Marcil ze, ieee. serial Nb. 627,727.

To @7l whom t may conce/m: l l A Be it known that l, THOMAS Aileron, a citizen oi" the United States, residing at Dulce, in the county t llio Arriba andStat'e oit New lli/.leiden7 have invented certain new and useful improvements in Scentless Animal Traps; and l do declare the `following to be a full, clear.y and exact description of the invention.. such vas lwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to and use the saine. i

My invention relates to improveinents in aninial traps, such as those used for trapping wolves and eoyotes.v YThese animals and others have become so educatedto the scent oit trani-u especially used or old traps, that it is prac. ly impossible to trap th is therefore the principal object of iny invention to provide a scentless trap or a trap which will not carry scent and inobtaining` this end.` l greiter use iron or steel in the construction or the trap and to coat the entire trai) with a scentless plating9 or iflatino which will not carry scent7 "nickel-platingr beine; preferred.

` Another drawback with traps ot the ordinary type, is that they may be easilysprung by entr ely small animals and birds and lfurthermore, when .the trigger is released catch, this trigger often kicks his 'ioot from the trap so that he is not caught between the jaws. lt is a further object of my invention to provide a trap which will f ne these diliiculties. ith the foregoing); in view, the invention l s in the novel subject matter herein def-tribed and claimed, the description Y supplemented by the accompanying' drawing'. A Foure i is a trop plan view of a trapcon.- structed accordancewith my invention.

Figures 2 and 8 are vertical seotioiial views as indicated by the linesQ-Z and Y'to rin e4 goodL Ar second `horizontal bar 6 extends Vacross the bas'e bar l and is secure'd tothe intermediate portion ofthe latter by a rivet or the like 7'. rit a point spaced between the lowered position of one of the liaws 3 and the base bar l, the bar 6 isbent upwardly 8 and is ydownwardly folded upon itself 'as indicated at 9 to provide a two-ply upstanding arm. bowed outwardly away from each other adjacent their upper ends to form an eye` 10,

The two pliesV of this arm are for a purpose to be hereinafter explained and said 'arm termed with a vertical slot ll extending; from its upper extremity rto a N laterally outward to provide ahorizont'al pin support i3 being' then folded upon this pm support and bent in arched formation to provide a piu frude lll; The bigjht portion connecting; the parts i3 and i4 .is oi? coursek thfV (i which rests jA on the support 13 and guided by the ,duide EAL passes slid; ably. Vlhis pin is adapte/dito engageV the upper edge oic one of the jaws 3 when the latter is lowered and to there-by hold the trap in a set position.

For releasing the `pin lgan appropriate,,l

trigger i( is provided, said trigger bei .pivotally connected to said pin as indicated at 'i8 and having a vertical portion 19 which received in the slot il of the inner arm 'fr pivot pin is passed throueh the portion i9 and reeeivedvin `,the eye li'd.` thereby pivotally mounting' and properly guiding' the trigger.

Ry e loyine; theeonstruetion described; A-ot be accidentally released by 1 `smaller thanthoseintended to be :L t thereby an y `iurthermore7 there is no danger oi the trigger l'tieki foot from the trap;

To render the entire trap odorless or not susceptible of carrying a scent, it will be understood that it might if desired be constructed ont no|n-corrosiv`e metal having a smooth shiny surface. I prefer however, to use iron or steel in the manufacture of the trap and when Ithis is done, it is coated with nickel platineV or with some other adequate non-corrosive metal. By making this provision, the animals cannot locate the trap bythe scent thereoi and consequently cannot l with anY opening' l5 through which an animals y lill icc

steer clear thereof, as when the ordina-ry metal construction is used, it being iinderstood that traps of the character described are usually set concealed from view.

While the plating,` of the trap will prevent rusting, l wish it clearly understood that it is not for this purpose that it is plated, but the plating isl done for the sole purpose of preventing the animals from smelling the trap. Furthermore, the smooth shinyyplat ing of nickel or other non-corrosive metal is employed, not for the purpose of hiring animals to the trap by the shiny appearance of the trap, but for the purpose vof preventing the trap from carrying either the scent of human beings or anin'ia-ls` caughtinthe trap and for renderingit odorless.

Excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed and these details are therefore preferably followed. However, it is to be understood that within` the scope. of the invent-ion as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made, such for instance the construction of the trap withtwo springs.

I claim:

l. 'A land-animal jaw trap of the type which is usually set concealed from view, constructed entirely of metal, and having a shiny surface composed of non-corrosive metal. v

2. A land-animal jaw trap of the type which is usually set concealedy from view, constructed entirely of metal, and provided with a nickel-plated surface.

3. A trap comprising a base with upturned ends to which spring actuated jaws are pivoted, a horizontal bar at an angle to and secured to the intermediate portion of said base, said bar havingan outer upstanding arm adjacent the lowered position of one jaw and an inner upstanding arm between said outer arm and said base bar, said outer arm having a pin guide, a pin slidable in said guide to engage said one jaw and hold it lowN ered, and a foot-operated tri gger pivoted to said inner arm and connected with said pin for releasing the latter.

et. A. trap comprising` a base with up turned ends to which spring actuated jaws are pivoited, a horizontal bar at an angle to and secured to the intermediate portion of said base, said bar being bent upwardly adjacent one end and then folded downwardly j upon itself to provide a two-.ply upstanding` arm whose plies are bulged away from each other near the upper end of the arm to form an eye, said arm having a slot from its upper extremity to `a point below said eye; the end portion of said bar beyond said arm being bent upwardly to provide an outer upstanding1 arm whose upper end is formed with a horizontal pin guide adjacent the lowered position of one of said aws, a pin slidable in said pin gui-de for holding said j aw in lowered position, a trigger connected to said pin and received in the slot of said first named arm, and a pivot pin for said trigger received in the aforesaid eye of said lirst named arm.

5. A trap comprising` a base with upturned ends 'to which spring actuated jaws are pivo-ted, a horizont-al bar at an angle lo and secured to the intermediate portion of said base, said bar being bent upwardly adjacent one end and then folded downwardly upon itself to provide a two-ply upstanding arm whose plies are bulged away from each other near the upper end of the arm to form an eye. said arm having a slot from its up per extremity to a point below said eye; the end portion of said bar beyond said arm beingr bent upwardly to provide. an outer upstanding,` arm whose upper end is bent laterally to form a pin support and then folded on itself to form a. pin guide, a pin slidable in said guide and resting' on said pin support, a trigger connected to said pin and received in the slot of said first named arm. and a pivot pin for said trigger received in the aforesaid eye of said first named arm.

6. A trap comprising a base with upt-urned ends to which spring actuated jaws are pivoted, a horizontal bar at an angle to and secured to the intermediate portion of sai d base, one end portion of said bar being bent upwardly to provide an outer upsland` ing arm whose upper end is bent laterally to form a pin support and then foldedrcn itself to form a pin guide, a pin slidable in said lyuide and resting on said pin support to hold one of the jaws in lowered position, a trigger connected to said pin, and an inner arm rising' from said bar and carryingT said trigger.

In I testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

THOMASl H. ALSTON. 

